Was ready to flame the article but I actually agree with its assumption that the 'classic years' were much better than the later years with the exception of Garbage's "The World Is Not Enough," and even that song not as strong as the older classics. Hard to pick a favorite, but I think "You Only Live Twice" is mine.

I liked it, but didn't love it. Maybe my expectations were too high. I didn't it had the thematic or emotional core which would have made it really great. It felt, to me, like a watered down version of The Dark Knight, honestly. It sort of had the same beats.

Opening action scene hinting at the bad guyBad guy interested in terroristic anarchy makes his entrance with a startling walk-in.Bad guy is bat shiat crazy but easily the most compelling thing in the movie due to brilliant acting.Bad guy gets captured intentionally just for the purpose of breaking out.Hero loses all hope before getting it back.Bad guy kills person extremely close to our hero.The idea of order and loyalty versus chaos drives everything.

Couldn't disagree more about "You Know My Name". Great song, great Bond song, paired with one of the best title sequences of all time. I even agree with the guy about the overrated "Live And Let Die", but he missed the mark on this one somehow.

/Going to see "Skyfall" today//Can't wait to hear Adele's theme song - what a perfect choice for vocals

I didn't dig Skyfall that much (the song). It was okay but it really didn't blow me away when I heard it. 'You Know My Name' blew me away when I first saw Casino Royale. It was different from the old ones in the best possible way and was a suitable announcement of how different the movie was going to be.

Not a bad list, although I hate Thunderball. It's a really clunky song, sung by Tom Jones (whose voice I hate).

The Living Daylights director wanted The Pretenders, but A-ha were chosen because it would chart better. And then John Barry and A-Ha fought over the song. Not good. That said, I love The Living Daylights and anyone who disagrees can come at me.

And I'd forgotten about how bad Octopussy's song was. It's totally wishy-washy.

License to Kill sounds like "License to Kilt" and I can't get past that.

And I hate Tina Turner's voice.

That said, if The Living Daylights got an F, I don't know how Die Another Day got a D. It's a really terrible song. Thankfully as the film is such a total stinker I never have to hear it.

And if Adele doesn't win an Oscar, I'll have to assume that someone bribed the Academy members.

I think he's completely backwards on Thunderball and You Know My Name. The former has the most irritating and jarring horn section short of a stadium filled with vuvuzelas, while the latter fit the new Bond musically and lyrically to an absolute t.

I liked it, but didn't love it. Maybe my expectations were too high. I didn't it had the thematic or emotional core which would have made it really great. It felt, to me, like a watered down version of The Dark Knight, honestly. It sort of had the same beats.

Opening action scene hinting at the bad guyBad guy interested in terroristic anarchy makes his entrance with a startling walk-in.Bad guy is bat shiat crazy but easily the most compelling thing in the movie due to brilliant acting.Bad guy gets captured intentionally just for the purpose of breaking out.Hero loses all hope before getting it back.Bad guy kills person extremely close to our hero.The idea of order and loyalty versus chaos drives everything.

I don't get why people like this movie. It is a bad movie and it's one of the least accurate depictions of computers in the world. The moment that Q started talking about "security by obfuscation" as difficult to crack (which 007 then cracks in 10 seconds), this movie lost all credibility with me and turned into a 2 hour WTF is this shiat.

RexTalionis:I don't get why people like this movie. It is a bad movie and it's one of the least accurate depictions of computers in the world. The moment that Q started talking about "security by obfuscation" as difficult to crack (which 007 then cracks in 10 seconds), this movie lost all credibility with me and turned into a 2 hour WTF is this

What is with this review of "You Know My Name"? I know I rate the song far too highly, but I randomly heard the song on a digital station and instantly pictured James Bond and listened another dozen times before discovering the use in Casino Royale. Was a fantastic, memorable, Bond song.

Not sure why they cheated with OHMSS by selecting "All the Time in the World." It's a beautiful song (and incredibly poignant as it was Satch's final recording), but the real opening theme is a killer. Pure spy movie, cool as hell, maybe my favorite Bond tune. The Propellerheads version is pretty boss too.

...I'd swap Thunderball with Goldfinger, but other than that, the list is pretty much spot on. However, Hilarity_N_Sues is right, they kind of cheated with OHMSS. Keep in mind though that there are three Bond movies where the theme they planned to use wasn't the one that made it on screen:

1. Dionne Warwick's Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was supposed to have been the theme for Thunderball until at almost the last minute Cubby Broccoli decided he wanted a song with the film's title in there as well. Barry and Don Black went into overdrive and turned out Thunderball in almost record time...but that left Barry with having to at least partially rewrite a good chunk of the soundtrack to reflect the new theme. That's why the original soundtrack is missing a good chunk of the music from the actual movie. Here's what it was supposed to sound/look like:

2. The planned theme for You Only Live Twice wasn't one of Barry's more inspired works, but with Julie Rodgers singing it, it wasn't half bad. However, Frank Sinatra happened to mention to Broccoli that his daughter Nancy would just love to sing a Bond theme....and Julie's effort went down the memory hole. In fairness, there was actually a fair amount of music for YOLT that got noticeably changed before the film was released, and the final theme is without a doubt one of Barry's loveliest works. But had it not changed, it would have been:

3. Finally, a band called Straw did what should have been the theme for The World Is Not Enough, but it was ultimately rejected for being 'too dark', But as much as I like Garbage's final effort...this would have been quite possibly the best Bond theme EVAH: